Machine for shaping uppers over lasts



T. A. KESTELL MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS May 15, 1951 9 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 20, 1947 Inventor Thomas A Kstelz 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 T. A. KESTELL MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS May 15, 1951 Filed Nov. 20, 1947 '15 a 9 45: Q 0 g 451 387 Inventor 1 Thoma s A. Keszfell B 1 a ne y 1951 T. A. KESTELL 2,552,793

MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS Filed Nov. 20, 1947 9 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor T homas A. Keats]! B is 1 93 May 15, 1951 T. A. KESTELL MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS 9 Sheets-Shet 5 Filed Nov. 20, 1947 Inventor Thomas A. Kstell May 15, 1951 T. A. KESTELL MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Nov. 20, 1947 7 1 1 17 lhz/emor 4 Thomas A Kszell May 15, 1951 'r. A. KEISTELL ,5

MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS Filed Nov. 20 1947 I 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 Fly. 1]

Inventor Thor nas A. Kesiell May 15, 1951 T. A. KESTELL MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 Filed Nov. 20, 1947 in van for 1710172615 A. ffestel Z Patented May 15, 1951 MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS OVER LASTS Thomas Aubrey Kestell, Leicester, England, as-

signor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application November 20, 1947, Serial No. 787,157

In Great Britain December 16, 1946 This invention relates to machines for use in the manufacture of shoes for shaping uppers over lasts, and is herein shown as embodied in a modification of a power-operated pullingover machine of a well-known type exemplified by the disclosure of United States Letters Patent No. 1,962,260, granted on June 12, 1934 on an application of W. T. B. Roberts, various details of construction of machines of this type being more fully disclosed in other United States letters patent including those hereinafter mentioned. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to machines of that particular type.

A machine of the above-mentioned type includes in its organization grippers which grip the margin of an upper respectively at the opposite sides of the forepart of a last and pull the upper heightwise of the last. The grippers are connected to so-called updraw levers which are movable thus to pull the upper, the levers being operated through updraw springs which are yieldable in the upper-pulling operation and hold the upper under tension after the pull has been applied. While the upper is thus held under tension the machine comes automatically to a stop to permit inspection of the work. .As a result of such inspection it may be desired either to increase or to decrease the force of the pull of the side grippers on the upper. To increase the force of the pull the operator must move the updraw levers farther manually in the direction of their pull on the upper and to decrease the force of the pull he must move them in the opposite direction against the resistance of the updraw springs. It may be desired also to shift the forepart of the upper widthwise of the last, in which case the operator must move one updraw lever in the direction to increase the force of the pull and the other lever in the opposite direction.

One object of the present invention is to provide a construction enabling the operator more conveniently and easily to control the side grippers for the purposes above described. The construction herein shown comprises means whereby the force of the pull of these grippers on the upper may be increased or decreased while the upper is held under tension by increasing or decreasing the mechanical advantage of levers which are connected respectively to the different grippers and are movable in the pulling of the upper. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention these levers are not what are commonly known asthe updraw levers in machines 53 Claims. (01. 1210.4)

of this type, but are additional levers connected to the updraw levers and themselves directly under the influence of the updraw springs. In this embodiment of the invention, moreover, the

- mechanical advantage of the additional levers is varied by moving their fulcrums lengthwise of the levers, the fulcrums being carried by arms which are mounted for swinging movements and the levers being curved to facilitate such movements of the arms. By such movements of the fulcrums, therefore, the effectiveness of the updraw springs may be varied to vary correspondingly the force of the pull on the upper, thus increasing or decreasing as desired the force of the pull of both side grippers or increasing the force of the pull at either side and decreasing that at the other side.

Further to facilitate control of the side grippers, the invention, in its illustrative embodiment, provides a construction such that by manipulation of the same member the operator may produce any of the results above described or all of them. As herein shown, this member consists of a hand lever which is pivotally mounted on another lever to swing toward the right or the left, the two levers being movable as a unit in a downward direction by force applied to the hand lever to increase as described the force of the pull of both side grippers on the upper and in an upward direction to decrease the force of the pull of both grippers. Movement of the hand lever toward the right or the left serves to increase the force of the pull of one side gripper and simultaneously to decrease'the force of the pull of the other side gripper to adjust the upper widthwise of the last. In order further to facilitate such adjustment of the upper, there is provided means also operated by the above-mentioned hand lever for moving both side grippers against the resistance of their updraw springs to relieve the force of their pull on the upper, after which the hand lever may be moved to adjust the upper as described by increasing the effectiveness of one spring and decreasing the effectiveness of the other. Mechanism also is provided for automatically returning the hand lever and the fulcrums which it controls to predetermined normal positions near the end of the cycle of operations of the machine.

While the levers associated with the shiftable fulcrums are curved as hereinabove described to facilitate movement of the fulcrums along the levers by the swinging arms which carry them, it will be evident that if these levers should swing substantial distances in the upper-pulling operation the operator could not so easily shift the fulcrums. The invention, accordingly, further provides a construction such that these levers receive only very short movements which are, moreover, substantially the same regardless of differences in the yieldability of different uppers, so that the amount of eiTort required for the operator to shift the fulcrums of the leversdoes not vary substantially in operating on work of different kinds. An additional advantage of this construction is that for any given adjustment of the updraw springs the force of the pull applied in operating on different uppers is substantially uniform, since the springs. are. subjected to substantially the samev amount of, tension by the movements of the levers in operating on the different uppers. For the purpose in view, the previously mentioned connection between each of these levers and the corresponding updraw leverincludes a pair of membersnormally locked togetherand movable one by the other to swing the lever having the shiftable fulcrumagainst resistance of the updraw spring connected to it, and mechanism is provided for momentarily unlocking these members a plurali-ty of" times in the course of the upper-pulling operation to. permit relative movements thereof and, thus to minimize the amount of movement imparted to the last-mentioned lever. The con-- struction is further such. that the members are invariably locked together in the final portion of the upper-pulling operation, thus insuring that the grippers will be under the influence of the updraw springs when the pull is completed. After'the machine has come to a stop withthe upper held under tension by the grippers, it is usually necessary for the operator also to move the side grippers lengthwise of; the last to position the tip. line of the upper; at the proper distance from. the'toe-end face of the, last and proper angularrelation to the last. The invention further provides simple, mean of novel construction for conveniently and. easily accomplishing this result. As illustrated, a hand lever is connected by difierential gearing to both side grippers in such manner that by movement of the hand lever in various directions movements correspondingly varying in character may be imparted to the grippers. More particularly, the side grippers may be. moved together equal distances: toward or from the end of the toe by appropriate movements of the hand lever, and may be moved simultaneously equal distances in opposite directions lengthwise of the last by other movements of the hand lever. By still other movements of' the hand lever either, side, gripper may be moved toward or from the end of the toe while the other is. held stationary, or both grippers may be moved simultaneously unequal distances in the same direction or in opposite directions.

The above and other features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts, will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in left-hand side elevation of the machine in which the invention is herein shown as embodied;

Fig. 2- is a perspective View of the machine, showing mechanism on theright-hand side thereo Fig. 3 is a view in left-hand side elevation, with parts broken away, showing mechanism provided for operating and controlling the left-hand side p r;

Fig. 4 is a view in rear elevation, with parts broken away, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 and of similar mechanism associated with the right-hand side gripper;

Fig. 5 is a view in left-hand side elevation of mechanism provided for varying the force of the pull applied by the side grippers to the upper and of parts associated therewith;

Fig. 6' is. a, view mainly in front elevation of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

Fig.7 is a perspective view of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is. a view in left-hand side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is a view in rear elevation of the mechamismshown Fig. 8; a

Fig... 10 is mainly a plan View of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 8;

Fig; 1 1 is. a view in left-hand side elevation ofa portion of the structure shown in Fig. 10,.

with parts broken away;

Fig. 12 is a section on the line XII-XII of Fig. 11- or a portion of the structure there shown;

Fig. 13' is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing a modification;

Fig. 1.4. is; a perspective view, with parts broken away, showing means provided for adjusting the side; grippers in directions lengthwise of the last;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view of the mechanism shown in Fig. in a vertical plane extending widthwise of the machine and Fig. 16. is a sectional view of a portion of the same mechanism in a vertical plane extending forwardly and rearwardly of the machine.

Like the machine shown in the previously men tioned Letters Patent No. 1,962,260, the machine herein shown has a frame which. includes a base I" and a. rear column 3. .Journaled in bearings in the.- frame is a power shaft 5 extending forwardly and rearwardly of the machine. As disclosed said Letters Patent this shaft is driven through a clutch (not shown) upon depression of a treadle: 6?. The shaft 5 is connected by gearing to a vertical cam shaft T provided with a plurality of cams for; operating diiierent mechanisms included in the machine. The shoe is supported bottom downward in an inclined position, as

illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 1, on a shoe rest identified generally by the reference charac- 1 ter 9. Among the instrumentalities. operated bycams on the cam shaft 1 is a toe gripper ll (Fig. 1) which grips and pulls the upper at the end of the toe and a pair of side grippers l3 (Fig. 14') which grip and pull it at the sides of the fore-- part. The side grippers, the construction of which is shown conventionally in Fig. 14, may each consist of a single pair of gripper jaws or, as common heretofore in machines of this type, of two pairs of jaws spaced somewhat apart lengthwise of'the shoe. The several grippers grip and pull the upper in the first stage of a cycle of operations of the machine, after which the machine comes automatically to a stop with the upper held under tension to permit the operator to inspect the work and, if necessary, to vary the force of the pull applied to the upper or to adjust the position of the throat opening or the tip line relatively to the last. Thereafter the operator again depresses the treadle 6 to initiate the sec- 0nd stage ofthe cycle of operations during which the margin of the upper is wiped inwardly over the insole and tacks are driven to fasten it in pulled-over position, the grippers releasing the upper and moving away from the shoe heightwise thereof. Near the end of the second stage of the cycle also the parts are returned to starting positions and the shoe is released.

For operating the toe gripper the machine is provided with means of substantially the same construction as heretofore, which need not be described in detail. For operating the side grippers it is provided with a cam (Fig. 1) fast on the cam shaft "5 and engagin cam roll I! mounted on a cam slide l9 movable horizontally on the frame in forward and rearward directions. For purposes of this invention there are pivotally connected to the rear portion of this cam slide two rearwardly extending links 2| (Figs. 3 and 6) spaced apart widthwise of the machine, these links having downwardly curved rear end portions 23. In locations approximately midway between their front and rear ends the links 2| are connected by pivot pins to the lower ends of upwardly and downwardly extending levers 21. These levers are pivotally connected at their upper ends by pins 29, one of which is shown in Fig. 3, to short links 31 the front ends of which are pivotally connected by pins 33 to downwardly extending arms 35 (Figs. 3 and l) of levers 31 mounted to swing about a fixed shaft 38. The levers 31 correspond to the levers ll of Letters Patent No. 1,962,260 and are what are commonly termed side gripper updraw levers. They have upwardly and rearwardly extending arms 39 connected respectively to gripper bars 4!! of the opposite side grippers l3.

By means of a pin 26 each lever 21 is pivotally connected in a location substantially midway between its upper and lower ends to a rearwardly extending coupling device 4|, hereinafter described in detail, each coupling device being pivotally connected to the upper end portion of a curved lever 43 extending generally heightwise of the machine. Each lever 43 has a rear edge face 41 curved in the arc of a circle about a horizontal axis extending widthwise of the machine in front of the lever. In engagement with the curved face 41 is a roll 49 pivotally mounted on a pin 5! between the two ears of a bifurcated rear end portion of a forwardly extending arm 53, the lever extending freely downward between the ears in front of the roll 49. That one of the arms 53 which is associated with the mechanism for operating the right-hand side gripper (as viewed from the front of the machine) is secured at its front end (Fig. 6) to the right-hand end of a shaft 55 extending widthwise of the machine and journaled in suitable hearings in the frame. The other arm associated with the mechanism for operating the left-hand side gripper, is fast on the right-hand end of a sleeve 5! coaxial with the shaft 55 and freely rotatable thereon. The common axis of the sleeve 51 and the shaft 55 coincides approximately with the axis of the arcuate rear faces 41 of the levers 43 when the parts are positioned as they are prior to the beginning of the cycle of operations of the machine. By imparting swinging movements to the arms 53 about this common axis the rolls 49 may be moved along the curved faces 41 for a purpose hereinafter explained, and as will also be more fully understood hereinafter, the rolls 49 serve as fulcrums for the levers 43 in operating the side grippers.

The levers 43 are pivotally connected at their lower ends by pins 59 (Fig. 4) to arms 6| extending upwardly from sleeves 63 which are freely rotatable on shafts 65 on the frame. Each sleeve 63 has another arm 61 extending upwardly therefrom in parallel relation to the arm 61, the arms 6'! in the construction shown being substantially twice as long as the arms 6|. The upper ends of the arms 6'! are connected to the front ends of rearwardly extending tension springs 63 of substantial strength which perform the functions of what are commonly termed updraw springs for the side grippers. The rear ends of the springs 89 are connected to mechanism mounted on the frame for varying their tension. This mechanism, identified generally by the reference character 10, includes a hand lever 11 secured to a shaft 19 extending widthwise of the machine and journaled in the frame. This hand lever is held in adjusted position by means of a latch member 8| pivotally mounted thereon and held normally by a spring 82 in engagement with teeth formed on an arcuate member 83 on the frame. The hand lever has a downwardly extending arm 85 the lower end of which is connected to the rear end of the spring 69 controlling the left-hand side gripper. The rear end of the spring 69 which controls the right-hand side gripper is connected to a depending arm 86 secured to the shaft I9. The latch member 8| is controlled by a release lever 89 pivotally mounted on the lever l1 and arranged to act on the latch member through a lever 90 also pivotally mounted on the lever 11. The upper portion of the lever I? is curved forwardly to a position convenient for use by the operator to adjust as desired the tension of the springs 69 and thereby to vary the force with which the side grippers will pull an upper. 1

From the foregoing description it will be evident that the springs 69 tend to swing the levers 43 in clockwise directions with reference to Fig. 3 about the fulcrum rolls 49 and thus to move the coupling devices 4| in forward directions. As more fully hereinafter described, forward movements of these coupling devices, which connect the upper ends of the levers 43 to the intermediate portions of the levers 21, are positively limited to determine the initial positions of the pins 26 connecting these devices to the levers 21. That is, the coupling devices include members H the forward movements of which are limited by stops 13 adjustably secured in fixed brackets 15 which serve as supports for the coupling devices. Accordingly, rearward movement of the cam slide l9 in the first stage of the cycle of operations first causes the levers 21 to swing in clockwise directions about the pins 26 as fulcrums and thereby to swing the updraw levers 31 to close the side grippers on the upper and to begin the pulling of the upper. When the force thus applied in pulling the upper becomes great enough to overcome the tension of the springs 69, the levers 2'! swing about the pins 23 as fulcrums and move the coupling devices 4! in rearward directions, thus swinging the levers 43 in counterclockwise directions with reference to Fig. 3 about the rolls 49 against the resistance of the springs 69. The amount of force applied to the upper, therefore, depends both upon the adjustment of the springs 59, as. deter-' mined by the position of the adjusting lever H, and upon the positions of the fulcrum rolls 43 lengthwise of the levers 43.

After the machine has come to a stop. at the 7. end of the first stage of the'cycle, the force of the pull of each side gripper on the uppermay be" increased or decreased. by movement of the corresponding fulcrum roll 49 lengthwise of the lever 43 to alter the mechanical advantage of the lever. For this purpose the sleeve 51 has fast thereon a short lever 95 (Fig. 7) extending radially of the sleeve, and the shaft 55 has a similar lever 9'! secured on its left-hand end portion, this portion of the shaft extending somewhat beyondthe left-hand end of the sleeve. Between the levers 95 and 91 a forwardly and upwardly extending lever 99 (Fig. is pivotally mounted on the left-hand end portion of the sleeve 51'. The levers 95 and 9'! are connected at their upper ends by ball-and-socket joints IIlI, I93 to the rear end portions of rods I95 and I01 respectively, these rods extending forwardly and upwardly along the lever 99 and being connected at their frontends by ball-and-socket joints III to the opposite end portions of a crossbar I99. A short hand lever H3 is mounted for lateral swinging movements about a stud H5 secured in thefront end portion of the lever 99, this stud extending at right angles to the axis of the shaft 55. The crossbar I99 is rigidly connected to the hand lever I I3 near the stud I I5, so that swinging movement of this hand lever toward the right about the stud moves the rods I95 and iii? in opposite directions respectively to turn the shaft 55 and the sleeve 57 in opposite directions, thereby moving the fulcrum roll 49 associated with the right-hand side gripper upwardly along the corresponding lever 93 and moving the roll associated with the left-hand side gripper down-g wardly along the other lever 43. In this manner the positions of the two fulcrum rolls are so changed as to increase the force of the pull applied to the upper by the right-hand side gripper and to decrease the force of the pull applied by the left-hand side gripper. correspondingly, swinging movement of the hand lever I I3 toward the left will decrease the force of the pull of the right-hand side gripper and increase the force of the pull of the left-hand side gripper.

If the hand lever H3 is held in a central position and is moved bodily upward to cause the lever 99 to be swung upwardly about the axis of the shaft 55, both this shaft and the sleeve 5? thereon will be turned equal distances in the same direction by the action of the rods I95 and ID! on the levers 95' and 9'5. In this manner both rolls 49 will be moved downwardly along the curved surfaces of the levers 3, thus decreasing equally the forces applied by both side grippers to theupper. correspondingly, movement of the lever 99 in a downward direction will be accompanied by upward movements of the rolls 49 along the levers 43 to increase equally the forces applied by both side grippers to the upper.

The lever 99 may be retained in any desired adjusted position by a latching device comprising a pawl I2! pivotally mounted on a stud I23 on the. lever and controlled by a spring I29 which tends: to hold it in one or another of a series of V-shaped depressions I25 formed in an arcuate member I21 fast on the frame adjacent to one side of' the lever 99, the center of curvature of this arcuate member being coincident with the axis of the shaft 55. The pawl I2I may be swung away from the arcuate member I27 by movement of'a hand grip member I 29 pivotally mounted on a pin- I3I on the hand lever H3. This member has an arm I33 pivotally connected to the front end of a..resiliently flexible strip I35 the rear end of which. is pivotally connected to a tail portion H3 of the pawl IZI. About midway of its length the strip I35 lies. between two controlling members I36 extending downwardly from the front end of the lever 99 for engagement with the strip. The strip I 35 is flexible in directions widthwise of the machine and thus permits the lever I I3 to'be swung laterally about the stud H5 while maintaining a connection between the hand grip member I29 and the pawl I2I To maintain the lever I I3 normally in a central position with respect to movement about the stud H5, there is secured to the front end of the lever 99 an arcuate member I31 the center" of curvature of which is coincident with the axis of the stud H5. This arcuate member has therein a notch I39 into which is arranged to extend a latch I H formed as a third arm of the hand grip member I29. By the movement of the hand grip member the latch MI is withdrawn from the notch I39 simultaneously with Withdrawal of the pawl I2I from the arcuate member I2'I.

From the foregoing description it will be understood' that after the machine has come to a stop at the end of the first stage of the cycle with the upper held under tension, the operator may, if necessary, (a) increase equally the force of the pull of both side grippers on the upper by moving the levers H3 and 99 downwardly as a unit about the axis of the shaft 55; (1)) decrease equally the force applied by the side grippers to the upper by moving these levers upwardly as a unit; (0) increase the force applied by one side gripper to the upper and decrease the force applied by the other side gripper by swinging the hand lever I I3 to the right or the left about the stud H5 without disturbing the lever 99; or (d) by acombination of movement 0 with movement a or I) increase or decrease the force applied by one side gripper to the upper without substantially changing the force applied by the other side gripper.

It will be evident that the amount of effort required for the operator to move the fulcrum rolls 49 upwardly along the levers 43 to increase the force of the pull on the upper while the upper is held under tension depends upon the positions assumed by the levers at the end of the'first stage of the cycle. The coupling devices II connecting the intermediate portions of the levers 2'] to the upper ends of the levers 93 have been thus far referred to as if each of them were, in effect, a single rigid member; If this were so, however, the positions assumed by the levers 93 in swinging about-the fulcrum rolls would vary, in operating upon different uppers, in accordance with the yieldability of the uppers and their looseness on the lasts. There would, moreover, be no direct relation in all cases between the amount of effort required to move the rolls and the heaviness of the upper stock, and the operator might receive a false impression as to the effect of such movement. The construction shownis accordingly such that the effort necessary to eifect any given movement of the rolls is substantially independent of the character of the work being operated upon. For this purpose each of the coupling devices 4i includes two parts which are normally locked together but during an early portion of the movement of the cam slide I9 are automatically unlocked and then looked again a plurality of times in rapid succession to permit movements of the pivot pins or fulcrums 29 for the levers 21 relatively to the levers 43 and thus to reduce the amount of movement imparted to mat-ts 9 the levers 43, the parts being always looked together during the final portion of the movement of the cam slide. The result, therefore, is that with the rolls 49 in the same positions initially in operating on different uppers, as they are intended to be, the amount of swinging movement imparted to the levers 33 in the upper-pulling operation is always substantially the same. For the purpose in view, each coupling device 4| includes an inner slide I5I (Fig. and an outer slide I 53, these being the two above-mentioned parts of the device. The inner slide I5I is substantially U-shaped in plan, its crossbar I50 being toward the front of the machine, and the outer slide I53 is also substantially U-shaped with its cross-bar I52 toward the rear of the machine. Plate-like side portions I54 of the inner slide are .slidably mounted between similar side portions I56 of the outer slide. Mounted in the side portions I55 of the outer slide is a pin I55 which extends through slots I51 formed in the side portions I54 of the inner slide, this pin serving as the pivotal connection between the coupling device and the upper end of the lever 13 which lies between the side portions I54 of the inner slide. To assist in guiding the inner ,slide in moving relatively to the outer slide there are further provided pins I59 extending from the side portions of the inner slide into slots IBI formed in the side portions .of the outer slide. The outer slide I53, moreover, is guided for forward and rearward movements by two downwardly extending platelike portions of the previously mentioned bracket 15, to the outer side of which bracket is secured an upwardly extending plate I83. The crossbar I50 of the inner slide has threaded in it (Fig. )8) a forwardly extending stem I59 on which is a lock nut I1I engaging the front end of the crossbar, this look nut being part of the previously mentioned member II which cooperates with the stop member 13 to limit forward movement of the inner slide. The stop member 13 has a sleevelike portion I threaded in a depending portion of the bracket 15 and through which the stern I69 loosely extends, a lock nut I11 being threaded thereon to secure the stop member in difierent adjusted positions. Between the stop member 13 and the member II is a leather washer I13 to lessen the shock of impact. The stem I69 is controlled in its forward and rearward movements by parallel arms I12 (Fig. 6) extending upwardly from a sleeve I14 pivotally mounted on the shaft 55, the pin 25 being mounted in bores in these arms.

Near the rear end of each outer slide I53 the side portions I56 thereof have upwardly extending ears I80 (Figs. 8, 9 and 11) in which is mounted a transverse pivot pin I8I. This pin is provided between the ears I89 with an eccentric portion I83 on which is pivotally mounted a two-armed locking lever I85 having a downwardly extending arm I81 (Fig. 8) providedwith a rounded end arranged to engage the upper substantially horizontal face of a small hardened plate I9I. At its front end this plate is provided with depending lugs I93 (Figs. 11 and 12) mounted in recesses I 95 in the side members I54 of the inner slide I5I, sufficient clearance being provided to permit slight upward and downward movements of the plate. Positioned immediately below and supporting the plate I9I is a second hardened plate I91. This plate is connected to the outer slide I53 and for this purpose has outwardly extending square lugs I99 (Fig. 10) extending into vertical slots 29I formed in the side portions I50 of the outer slide. The lower face of the plate I91 overlies and engages the upper face of a hardened plate I98 secured to rearwardly extending portions 200 of the side members I54 of the inner slide. A second series of plates lies below the portions 205 of the inner slide and comprises plates 292 having lugs 204 extending into slots 2% in the side members I54 of that slide and plates 205 having lugs 2I0 extending into the slots 20I in the outer slide I53. The lower series of plates is supported by a member 2I4 secured to the side portions of the slide I53. The construction is accordingly such that when the lever I is swung, by mechanism hereinafter described, in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. 8 about the eccentric portion I83 of the pin i8I, the lower rounded end of its arm I81, by engagement with the upper face of the plate I9I, causes the several plates by their frictional action to lock the two slides I5I and I53 together so that they will move as a unit. The corresponding updraw spring 69 thus becomes positively connected through the lever 43, the coupling device ii, the lever 21 and the link 21 to the cam slide I9. If, however, the lever I85 is momentarily swung in a counterclockwise direction in the upper-pulling operation, the slides I5I and I53 are unlocked to permit relative movement thereof. Accordingly such movement of the cam slide I9 as occurs at this moment will move the pivot pin 26 rearwardly without correspondingly moving the upper end of the lever 43. The height of the axis of the lever I85 may be adjusted to obtain the most effective locking action of the lever by turning the pin I8I, and the pin may then be secured in adjusted position by a clamp screw I82.

Mounted to swing about a portion 203 (Fig. 9) of the pin I8I is a two-armed lever 205 comprising an upwardly extending arm 201 (see also Fig. 8) and a downwardly extending arm 299. The arm 201 has therein a slot 2H extending lengthwise of the arm, and into this slot extends a stud 2I3 which has an eccentric portion 2I5 mounted in an upwardly extending arm 2I1 of the two-armed lever I55. The levers I35 and 205 are thus connected together by the stud 2I3 to cause the lever I85 to be controlled by the lever 205, the slot 2 permitting such relative movement of the levers as results from the mounting of the lever I85 on the eccentric portion I83 of the pin NH. The levers may be relatively adjusted angularly by turning the stud 2I3 in its bearing in the arm 2I1, after which the stud may be secured in adjusted position by a clamp screw 2I9.

Also mounted to swing about the portion 203 of the pin IBI is a bell-crank lever having a forwardly extending arm 22I (Fig. 8) and a downwardly extending arm 223. The arm 223 at its lower end carries a pin 225 arranged to engage the front face 221 of the downwardly extending arm 209 of the lever 205. A spring 229 connects a pin 23I on the arm 22I to a pin 233 mounted in a depending portion 234 of the previously mentioned member 2M on the outer slide I53. The spring 229 accordingly tends to swing the arms 22I and 223 in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. 8, and the arm 223, by reason of the engagement of its pin 225 with the arm 209 of the lever 205, tends to swing this lever and the connected locking lever I85 also in clockwise directions to lock the two slides I5! and I53 together sa e in the manner previously described. This is the condition at the beginning of the cycle of operations. As the cam slide i9 is moved rearwardly, the side grippers are caused to close on the upper and then to begin to pull the upper, as hereinbefore explained, the fulcrum pins 26 for the levers 21 remaining stationary until the force applied in pulling the upper becomes great enough to overcome the tension of the updraw springs 69. Thereafter, as the cam slide continues its rearward movement, the pins 26 are moved rearwardly to swing the levers 43 against the resistance of the updraw springs, the two slides and I53 of each coupling device M being locked together and therefore moving as one member. After the two slides have thus moved a predetermined short distance, an abutment 235 (Fig. 8) on the lower end of the. arm 259 engages a stop 23'! which in response to further slight rearward movement of the slides causes the lever 205 to swing in a counterclockwise direction with reference to Fig. 8 against the tension of the spring 229. This causes the'arm "I81 to relieve somewhat the pressure applied to the locking plates on the slides, whereupon the force of the updraw spring 69 serves to impart a slight forward movement to the outer slide I53 relatively to the inner slide i5i. Since the outer slide carries with it the pivot pin 58! and the levers I85 and 205 mounted thereon, such slight forward movement thereof relieves the pressure of the stop 23! on the abutment 235, thus permitting the spring 229 again to lock the two slides firmly toegther. There will thus occur, on continued rearward movement of the cam slide l9, a series of rapidly repeated reductions and increases in the clamping forceexerted on the friction plates by the arm I81. A virtual state of balance is thus established in which the inner slide is permitted to move rearwardly in infinitesimal steps relatively to the outer slide l53, but in which sufiicient friction is instantaneously applied after each step tocause the force of the pull applied to the upper to remain substantial- 1y constant without any substantial further swinging movement of the lever 43. This condition continues until the stop '23-? is moved upwardly, by means which will be presently described, out of the path of the abutment 235 as the cam slide l9 nears the end of its rearward movement. The spring 229. then holds the slides I5l and I53 firmly locked together as the camslide completes its movement, so that the corresponding side gripper at the-end of the pull holds the upper under tension with a force determined by the adjustment of its updraw spring 59.

Each stop 231 which is engaged by the abutment 235 as above described is formed on the rear end of a rearwardly extending arm 239 (Figs. 8 and 9) which is one arm of a bell-crank lever having another downwardly extending arm this lever being mounted for swinging movements about a pin 243 supported by a bracket on the frame. The stop 23'! is positioned a short distance rearwardly of the abutment 235 on the arm 209 at the beginning of the cycle of operations. The arm 24! has a bifurcated lower end 245 (Fig. 3) between the forks of which extends a substantially horizontal rod 2M pivotally connected at its front end by a pin 249 to the corresponding link 2| connected to the cam slide l9. The rod 241, which is supported near its rear end for sliding movements by means not herein shown, is thus moved rearwardly by the cam slide, and after a predetermined amount of such movement a collar 25E adjustably secured on the rod engages the bifurcated lower end "of the arm 2 and by further movement swingsthis arm rearwardly to raise the arm 239 and thereby to move the stop 23? out of the path of the abutment 235.

Pivotally connected by a stud 253 to the rear end of each arm 239 is the lower endof an up- Wardly extending link 255 which is pivotally connected at its upper end by a stud 25'! to the rear end of a lever 259. The front end of this lever is fast on a shaft 26! mounted to turn in bearings formed in the previously mentioned plate I63 on the bracket '65 and in one wall of a casting 262 to which the bracket 15 is secured. Freely'mounted on the shaft 255i is a rearwardly extending arm 283, and fast on the shaft is another rearwardly extending arm 265 connected to the arm 253 by a tension spring 264. When the lever 259, therefore, is swung upwardly by the-link 255, an abutment face 26'! on the rear end of the arm 253 is normally carried to a position in front of a stud 269 which is threaded in the upperend of the arm 20? of the lever 225. If, however, the machine is operated idly without any shoe therein, in which case no rearward movement of the outer slide I53 takes place and thestud 25!! therefore lies in the path of upward movement of the arm 283, the spring 254 yields to permit the lever 259 to complete its upward movement.

When the arm 25%? has been moved upwardly to carry its abutment face 25? to its normalzposition in front of the stud 259, as above described, it serves as a stop to effect the unlocking of the corresponding slides l5! and [53 from .each other upon release of the upper by the grippers .in the second stage of the cycle of operations. That is, by engagement with the stud it causes the lever 265 to swing in a counterclockwise direction with reference to Fig. 8 and thereby to relieve the clamping pressure on the previously described series of locking plates in response to forward movement of the outer slide I53 which carries the lever 265. It will be understood that such forward movement of the slide E53 is effected by the updraw spring 89 connected thereto immediately upon release of the upper by the grippers in the second stage of the cycle of operations, the slide being thus quickly returned to its initialposition determined by engagement of shoulders 2'52 (Fig. 1G) thereon with the rear edges of the previously mentioned downwardly extending portions of the corresponding'bracket "E5. The unlocking of the slides lfil, I53 permits the inner slide E51 to be returned to the initial position determined by its stop '53, which is necessary in order fully to withdraw the corresponding gripper and thus to make way for the tacking mechanism.

To insure the prompt return of each inner slide wt to the position determined by its stop '13, the lower end of the arm 299 (Fig. 3) of'the lever 265 is arranged to engage the upper end of an upwardly extending arm 2?? of a threearmed lever 215 and to swing this lever in a clockwise direction with reference to'Fi'g. 3 as the lever 255 is swung in a counterclockwise direction by the arm 263 in the manner'above described. The lever 215 is further provided with a rearwardly extending arm 2?? and-a third arm 219 connected by a tension spring 28! to the frame, this spring tending to swing the lever in V a counterclockwise direction about a pivot stud 283 on the frame. The arm 21? at its rear end is provided with an abutment 285 the front face 'of 13 which is arranged to engage the rear face of another abutment 201 formed on the lower end of a downwardly extending arm 209 fast on a shaft 29I which is mounted to turn in bearings in the column 3. A rearwardly extending tension spring 295 connected at its front end to the lower end of the arm 299 and at its rear end to an arm 296 fast on the previously mentioned shaft 19 tends to swing the arm 289 in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. 3, such movement of the arm, however, being initially prevented by the engagement of the abutment 205 on the arm 211 with the abutment 281 on the lower end of the arm 289. Also fast on the shaft 29I is an upwardly extending arm 299 to the upper end of which is connected a forwardly extending pusher rod 30L This rod is loosely mounted in a bore 303 (Fig. 8) formed in the crossbar I52 of the outer slide I53, and when it is moved in a forward direction its front end is arranged to engage the rear edge of the plate I98 on the inner slide II and to move this slide forwardly to the position determined by the stop 13, the plate I91 having a recess 304 (Fig. therein to clear the rod. Such movement of the rod I is effected by the spring wardly to return the grippers to their initial positions, a collar 325 on the rod 241 engages the rear face of the lower end 245 of the arm 24I to return this arm and the parts connected therewith to starting positions. This causes the arm 253 to swing downwardly, thus permitting the spring 229 again to lock the two slides I5I and I 53 together. Also in response to the forward movement of the cam slide I 9 a collar 301 on the rod 241 engages a depending arm 309 fast on the shaft 29! and swings the arm 299 in a counterclockwise direction to return the rod 33I to its initial position while tensioning the spring 295. It will be understood that in proper time relation to these movements the abutment 285 is also returned by the spring 23I into position again to lock the lever 289 against movement by the spring 295.

It will be understood that, if the machine is to be suitable for use on heavy uppers, the springs 229 associated with the coupling devices 4i must be of considerable strength in order to hold the slides l5! and I53 of these devices locked together with sufficient force. It will be evident, however, that in unlocking the slides intermittently in the manner hereinbefore described the stops 231 must act in opposition to the springs 229 with a force transmitted through the coupling devices to the updraw levers 31, so that the upper is subjected at times not only to the force of the updraw springs 09 but also to additional force resulting from the tension of the springs 229. Accordingly, if the tension of the updraw springs 39 is reduced by means of the lever 11 to adapt the machine to operate on comparatively light uppers, the action of the springs 229 still may cause such uppers to be subjected to greater force than is desired. To avoid this, the modified construction shown in Fig. 13 may be used. In this construction the means for controlling each coupling device M includes, in addition to the parts previously described and shown in Fig. 8, an upwardly extending arm 3-25 formed integral with the bell-crank lever 239, 2M.

On this arm is a hardened plate 321 which at the beginning of the cycle of operations underlies and engagesa hard CTI 14 ened plate 329 mounted on the front end of the previously mentioned arm 22I. In this manner the pin 225 on the arm 223 is held out of engagement with the front face 221 of the arm 209, and accordingly the spring 229 is prevented from acting on the lever 205. There is, howevenfurther provided a pin 33I secured to the arm 239 and arranged to engage a front face 333 on the lower end of the arm 209 of the leve 205. This pin, by its action on the arm 209, serves to lock the two slides I5I and I53 together with a comparatively light pressure which is, however, sufiicient in the operation of the machine on light uppers. In the modified construction shown, moreover, the stop 231 is so positioned that it is initially almost in contact with the abutment 235 on the arm 209, so that only a very slight rearward movement of the outer slide I53 is necessary to cause sufficient relief of the clamping pressure to permit relative movement of the two slides. The pin 33I and the stop 231 thus cooperate to establish the same virtual state of balance previously referred to in describing the construction shown in Fig. 8. When the stop 231 is moved upwardly out of the path of the abutment 235 near the end of the rearward movement of the cam slide E9, the plate 3-21 is moved out from under the plate 323 by the swinging of the bellcrank lever 239, 23E, thus permitting the spring 229 to act in the same manner as in the construction shown in Fig. 8 to lock the slides |5I and I53 firmly together. In the return of the parts to starting positions in the second stage of the cycle of operations the plate 321 is returned to its initial position under the plate 329, the arm 22f being raised by the action of the arm 263 on, the stud 269, and the pin 33I is again caused toact on the face 333 to lock the slides Hill and I53 lightly together. The outer slide I53 in its return movement stops short of the position which. would be determined by engagement of its shoulders 2'59 (Fig. 10) with the bracket 15, the actualv position of the slide being determined by engagement of the pin 33I with the face 333 on the arm. 209. It will thus be seen that in the use of looking mechanisms constructed as shown in Fig. 1 3 no force in addition to that of the updraw springs- 69 is applied to the upper through the springs 229.

It will be evident that by use of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5 in the manner hereinbefore described, and especially by movement of the hand lever I I 3 to one side or the other to increase the force of the pull of one side gripper on the upper and to decrease the force applied by theother side gripper, the operator may, if neces-- sary, shift the forepart of the upper transversely of the last to adjust the throat opening relatively to the last. By reason, however, of the friction. between the last and the upper it may not be easy for the operator thus to shift the upper without undesirably displacing the last. There is, accordingly, further provided means whereby the operator, after swinging the levers I I3 and 99 upwardly as a unit to reduce substantially the force of the pull applied by both grippers to the upper, by further movement of these levers in the same direction may move the side grippers bodily heightwise of the last in upward directions against the tension of the springs 69, thus facilitating bodily movement of the forepart of the upper across the last by subsequent lateral movement of the hand lever i I3. In the machine shown the arm 39 of each updraw lever 31 has,

associated with it a cradle member 35! (Figs. 3

asserts and reassess; the arm. to an equalizing lever 353. These; cradle members and the equalizing lever are. similar to corresponding parts identified by the; reference characters 48 and 36 respectively United States Letters Patent No. 2 ,OG7,973, granted. on July 116., 1935 on an application of B. Jorgensens. The. equalizing lever 353 has a stem portion 355- mounted to turn about an axis extending. lengthwise of the shoe in a block 35 1. This block is secured to a rockshaft- 359 extending widthwise of the machine and mounted in hearings in. the frame. Secured to the left-hand portion. of the rockshaft, which projects beyond the frame, is a.v lever 31%| (Figs. 1 and extending toward: the. rear of the machine. Freely mounted. on the. rock-shaft adjacent to the lever 3% is a. bell-crank lever having a rearwardly' errtending: arm: 363 and a forwardly and downwandlyextending arm 36?. The arm 3% is connected. to a vertical plunger 36! of a fluid check or dashpot 369 with which machines of the type shownarecustomarily provided for retarding'the upper-pulling movements of'the side grippers.

The rear end portion of the lever ilfil has thereon a horizontally extending abutment 2?! which lies over and is arranged toengage the upper surface of the arm 363-, the arm being held normally in engagement with the abutment by a strong spring 3 l'3 extending fromthe lever 381 to 1the=arm-.365. A portion 315 of the arm 365 has therein: an arcuate guideway 3-7-7 concentric with the axisof the rockshaft 359. A block 379 slid .ablyr mounted in thisguideway has a stem SM extending outwardly therefrom through a' bore in one arm 383 of a two-armed lever freely mounted on the rockshaft 359 adjacent to the leverr36 l. Threaded'on the-stem 38! is a nut 385 by whichthe arm 383 maybe clamped to the arm 365 inthe desired-angular relation thereto. The second arm 38? of the two-armed lever extends downwardly somewhat at the rear of the arm 3833 It: willthus be seen that the arm 3811s swung inra clockwise direction with reference to .Eig; 5i-it imparts movement in the same direction vtouthe bell-crank lever 3'63, 355, and the arm 353- :of this bell-crank lever; by engaging the abut:- ment'fi-li, turns'the' rockshaft" 359 in the direction to cause the equalizing lever 353 to swing .the side gripper updraw'levers' 37' against the re- ;sistance of the updraw springs 69.

For swinging the arm 38! in a clockwise direc :tion as above described,- a roll'389 (Figs. 5' and 7) isamounted onione armtfll of a bell-crank lever which is mounted to swing about a pin 392 supported in a projection 393 on the'lever 99 near the axis of the shaft 55. The other arm 3940f :thisbell-crank lever has threaded therein a stop. screw 3.95 which is held in contact with thelever 99 by a spring 396. By means of the screw 395 It will be evident that the actual is determined, not only by the setting of the .screw' '395; but also by the position" of the arm 381' which, in turn, willvaryin accordance with the; amount of stretch that has occurred in the upper: being operated upon; After engagement of theroll'389 with -the arm'38l;' further upward r the other updraw lever.

16 swinging movement "of the lever 99' causes the updraw levers 37 to move against the tension of the updraw springs as above described.

Having thus moved the side gripper updraw levers and thereby, it may be, completely relieved the force of the pull of the side grippers on the: upper, the operator may swing the hand lever M3 to the right or the left, since neither of the fulcrum rolls i9 is at the lower limit of its movement along the corresponding lever 43 Such movement of the hand lever will increase the force applied by one of the springs 69- to the updraw lever 3? associated therewith and will decrease the force applied by the other spring to This will cause the updraw levers to move relatively to each other, as permitted by the equalizing lever 353, to shift the forepart of the upper bodily across the last. The full extent of this adjustment may not occur until the lever 99 has thereafter been somewhat depressed} since the grippers may have been movedupward-ly'by the iever 9 to such an extent that only slight further upward movement of one of themmay takeplace before such movement is arrested byengagement of a portion of the gripper casingw-it-h an abutment on an adjacent portion ofthe frame. In that event, this gripper will remain" stationary as the hand lever is depressed; while the other gripper moves downward until the full relative movement of the grippers has occurred. It will be understood that after'the upper has thus been adjusted the lever 89 1s moved downwardly by the operatorto' cause theside grippers again to pull the upper with-therequired'force; andthe'han'd lever H3 also maybe moved" laterally to vary relatively forces applied to the upper by the opposite side grippers.

Tlius' for the action of the gripper-operating mechanism, including the coupling devices 4|, has been described without reference to the effect of the-dashpot 369: may be constructed, for example, substantially asshown in United StatesLett-ers Patent No. 1 4483742, granted on March 20, 1923on an applicationof Ji Gouldbourns, is used iii machines of the type shown to retard the upper-pulling movements of the side grippers regardless of the compa-rativelyrapid movement of the cam slide I-Qa-nd'thus to prevent possible damage to the upper; Since the speed of movement of the updraw levers Si is thus limited, the coupling devices 41 may be moved slightly in forward'directions-by'the updraw springs iidandthus move the pivot-'pinsz iiof the levers Z'TforWardly after the movement orthe cam slide has stopped".

When the-grippers release the upper early in thesecond'stage of the cycle'of operations andthe couplingdevices il are moved rapidly in forward directions to withdraw the grippers from the'sho'e'heightwise thereof, there is a tendency for-theleversfl-S, as they are swung about their fulcrum rolls 39, to cause the arms53 on which the fulcrumrol'ls are mounted to swing upwardly. This has the advantage of increasing the effectiveness' of the up'draw springs 69 in quickly withdrawingthe grippers. It results, however, in a downwarddisplacement of the lever 99, despite the action ofthe pawl E21; Provision is therefore afiorded,in'ear' the end of the second stage ofthemycleffor returning the lever $54 to its initial position, ifit has thus been displaced, and also for"returning the' hand lever i3to its central positionif it has been displaced laterally fromthat position" by the"operator; It will be" Such a dashpot, which- 17 understood that as the side grippers are being returned near the end of this stage of the cycle by forward movement of the cam slide 19, the updraw levers 37 act through the cradle mem bers 35!, the equalizing lever 353 and the rockshaft 359 to Swing the lever 36! in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. 5. This lever acts through the spring 313 to swing the bellcrank lever 363, 365, which is connected to the dashpot 359, in the same direction and thereby also to impart a clockwise movement to the arm 383. Because of the dashpot, this arm will move more slowly than the lever 36L its movement continuing under the action of the spring 313 after the lever has come to a stop until the arm 363 engages the abutment 3'! I The arm 383 by this movement is eiifective to return the levers 99 and H3 as above described by reason of engagement of a crossbar sol on the arm with upwardly extending portions 4633 of the previously mentioned levers 95 and 51 which are coupled respectively to the rods I65 and 1131. It will be understood that by relative movement of the levers 95 and t l the crossbar returns the hand lever H3 to its central position and by move- 'ment of both levers 95 and 91 in unison it returns the lever 95, the arm 383 being so adjusted relatively to the arm 355 as to bring the lever 99 to the required position. During this movement of the lever es the pawl l2! isheld out of on gagement with the arcuate member l2! in which the depressions 125 are formed by means which will presently be described. The control of the arm 383 by the dashpot insures against any objectionable shock of impact of the crossbar is! on the levers 95 and 9?.

The spring i224 which controls the pawl I21 is a com aratively light spring in order to facilitate the operation of the hand grip member see. It has been found that unless the lever 95 is more securely held during an early portion of the first stage or the cycle of operations, the action of the levers 43 on the rolls e8 may move the lever cs away from its initial position. In order to prevent this, there is provided other spring-controlled means for holding the lever more securely at this time and mechanism for rendering such other means inoperative near the end of the first stage of the cycle. Pivotally mounted on the lever 99 to Swing about the same pin I23 as the pawl 126 is a two-armed lever 4135 having an arm on which is a r011 496. Connected to the other arm of the lever M35 and to the lever to is a spring 491 which tends to swing the lever 505 in a clockwise direction with reference to Fig. and thereby normally holds the roll against an arcuate member 4% fast on r the frame, the center of curvature of this memher being coincident with the axis of the shaft 55. Early in the first stage of the cycle of operations, while the gripper-operating mechanism is moving to apply a pull to the upper, the lever 9e occupies a position in which the roll 4% is in a notch ile in the member ies, the force of the spring ie! being sufiicient to cause the roll and the notch to prevent displacement of the lever at this time.

Machines of the type shown are each provided with a heel rest 15$! (Fig. 1) which is moved in the first stage of the cycle of operations lengthwise of the shoe into engagement with its heel end. The means for thus moving the heel includes a cam slide 4i? (Figs. 1 and 5) operated by a cam on the cam shaft 2', this cam slide corresponding to that shown at id in United 18 States Letters Patent No. 1,029,387, granted on June 11, 1912 on an application of R. F. McFeelys. The heel rest is thus moved yieldingly by the cam slide through a spring 426 (Fig. 1) which corresponds to the spring shown at is in said Letters Patent. In the machine herein shown the downward movement of the cam slide 4| 1 in thus applying the heel rest to the shoe is utilized to swing the lever 495 in a counterclockwise direci tion with reference to Fig. 5 and thereby to carry the roll 4% out of the notch 4H} near the end of the first stage of the cycle, after which the lever is controlled by the pawl I21, the pawl being moved into operative position just before the roll 5.35 is thus withdrawn from the notch 4H], as will presently be described. That arm of the lever which carries the roll 496 has a pinand-slot connection 423 with one end of a rod which is pivotally connected at its other end to one arm or" a two-armed lever 4H pivotally mounted. at $92 on the frame. The other arm. of the lever s! I is pivotally connected to one end of a forwardly and upwardly extending rod M3 the other end of which is pivotally connected. to one arm 4&5 of a bell-crank lever having another arm i i d, the bell-crank lever being pivotally mounted on a stud 421 on a plate are fast on the frame adjacent to a bracket 624 in which the cam slide ll? is guided. This slide has thereon a shoulder M8 which, as the slide is moved downwardly to apply the heel rest to the shoe, engages the upper end of a screw 322 threaded in the arm i is of the hell-crank lever and thereby swings the lever to withdraw the roll rice from the notch Me.

The tail I43 of the pawl lZi is pivotally connected by a pin 4:32 with one end of a rod 404 the other end of which has a pin-and-slot connection 430 with a member 4 is pivotally mounted on a pin 4 I it on the lower arm of the lever 4i i, the member did being held adiustably in fixed. relation to this arm by two screws 425 Accordingly, as the bell-crank lever M5, M9 is moved in the manner above described, the spring 124 is permitted to swing the pawl 62! into engagement with the arcuate member i22 so that the pawl will enter one of the depressions H5 in this member, the pin-and-slot connections are and 330 being so arranged that the pawl is thus moved before the roll the is withdrawn from the notch H9. If the operator thereafter swings the lever 99 to vary the force of the pull on the upper between the first and second stages of the cycle of opera-- tions, the lever is retained by the pawl 12! in the position to which it is thus moved. When the heel rest is returned to its initial position in response to upward movement of the cam slide ii? in the second stage of the cycle, the spring iii'i swings the lever 485 to carry the roll 4G6 again into engagement with the arcuate member so that when the lever 58 is returned to its initial position by the arm $83 the roll act will again enter the notch Md, and the rod 404 is moved by the lever 4H in the direction to with draw the pawl l2! from engagementwith the arcuate member i2'l.

During the pause between the first and second stages of the cycle of operations it may be desired to move the side grippers lengthwise of the last in order to position the tip line at the proper distance from the end of the toe and in proper angular relation to the last. For this purpose the machine herein shown is provided with mechanism including a single hand lever by which the operator may move both side grippers todetail in Figs. 14, and 16. frame of the machine is a transverse :sha't chine in States Letters Patent cause the side the end of the toe of the shoe.

ghowever, may be retracted to remove its flange it? from the opening 459 against the resistance gether in the same direction lengthwise of the last, either forwardly or rearwardly, or may move them simultaneously in opposite directions either equal or unequal distances. opriate action of the lever also the operator may cause one grip or to remain stationary while the other is ither forwardly or reanwardly. This mechanism is shown in 2 and iii-greater Journaled in which corresponds to the shaft 2-53 of the right-hand end portion of the shaft 125 and free to turn thereon is a sleeve 535 on the left-hand end of which is formed a pinion in engage ment with teeth on a slide are which is coupled to the right-hand side gripper in the same mannor as the slide to the l it-hand side gripper. In the machine herein shown, as distinguis ed from the construction shown in the last mem tioned Letters Patent, the toothed portions of the slides 428 and are both on the same side of the shaft 325 instead of on opposite sides thereof. Accordingly, rotation of the shaft and the sleeve in the same direction will grippers both to more together in the same direction lengthwise of the last.

The sleeve 3l journaled in a sleeve-like portion 432 of the frame of the machine andhas formed on its right-hand end a bevel gear @357. Gn the right-hand end of the shaft Q25, which extends somewhat beyond the sleeve 53i, is secured another bevel gear $39. In mesh with the two gears t3? and 439 is a third bevel gear Mil,

the shaft 425 and the sleeve 43! being thus connected together by differential gearing. bevel gear MI is freely rotatable on a stud 343 formed on a block 844 which is freely mounted I On the shaft 425 between the bevel gears 33? and 539. The bevel gear M! is secured in what may be termed a cradle which serves as a controller therefor and is formed by a partly spherical shell M5 on which is secured a plate Ml spanning an open portion of the shell, the plate being pivotally mounted on a stud M9 formed on the block sat in alinement with the stud id-i at the opposite side of the shaft 425 from the bevel gear Ml.

Extending forwardly from the above-mentioned face of a sphere and is normally located in a corresponding circular opening 459 in a partlyspherical member 58E which partially encloses therdiiferential gearing and is secured to the right-hand end of the sleeve-like portion 432 of the frame.

A portion of the shell M5 on the opposite side of the shaft 325 from the rod MM is provided with a counterweight %3 for the rod and the sleeve 553.

When the flange dill is located with the opening 559 the hand knob 455 is held stationary with the differential gearing so positionedtl atthe onposite side grippers are at equal distances from The sleeve'453,

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of a spring 465 mounted between the head of a ,the sleeve to adjust the side grippers as desired lengthwise of the last. A purely upward movement of the knob causes all'three bevel gears 43?, 439 and Mai to turn as a unit about the axis of the shaft 525 and thus to move both side grippers equal distances toward the end of the toe, while a purely downward movement of the knob causes the grippers to move equally toward the heel end of the shoe. Movement of the knob horizontally in a direction widthwise of the .machine causes the bevel gear :Ml to rotate about the stud 4 33 and thus to rotate the bevel gears 43? and 439 in opposite direction respectively. The shaft 425 and the sleeve 43! are, therefore, rotated in opposite directions to move the side grippers respectively in opposite directions equal distances lengthwise of the last, the directions of the movements 'of the grippers depending upon whether the knob is moved toward the right or the left. In response to movement of the knob in a direction at 45 to the horizontal the bevel gear Ml will move bodily about the axis of the shaft 25 and will rotate simultaneously about its stud 448, and the resultant of these movements will cause one side gripper to move forwardly or rearwardly depending upon whether the knob has a componentof upwardor downward movement, while the other side gripper remains stationary. Whichever gripper thus remains stationary will depend upon whether the knob has a component of movement toward-the right or the left. It will be appreciated that-by moving the knob in directions at other angles .to the horizontal other variations may be made in the character of the movements imparted to the side grippers. For examplaone grip-per may be moved only a slight distance in one direction or the other while a greater movement in the same 3 01 in the opposite direction is imparted simul-- taneously to the other gripper.

After the heel rest 369 has been moved lengthwise of the shoe and pressed yieldingly against it through the spring 526 (Fig. 1) by downward l movement of the cam slide all, as hereinbefore described, it is locked against reverse movement away from the shoe as disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent No. 11129387. In order to prevent undesirable lengthwise displacement of the shoe by the pressure of the heel rest thereon when the operator relieves the force of the pull of the side grippers on the upper and moves them to adjust the forepart of the upper widthwise of the last, themachine herein shown is additionally provided with means for locking the heel rest against further movementin a direction toward the toe end of the shoe after ithas engaged the shoe. For this purpose a slide 5!]! (Fig. 5), which carries the heel rest and which corresponds to the slide 32 shown in the lastmentioned Letters Patent, has thereon a pin 5G3 extending into a slot 505 formed in one arm 50'! of a lever which is 'pivotally mounted on a stud 5539 on the previously mentioned plate 423. The other arm 5!! of this lever consists of a segment with teeth 5l2 formed thereon and arranged "to be engaged by a pair of staggered pawls 5L3, only one of which is visible in the drawings, these pawls being pivotally mounted on a pin 515 on the plate $23. The pawls are provided with-tail portions 5|! arranged to be engaged by a pin 5S9 extending widthwise of the machine from an arm 52! which extends forwardly from the previously mentioned lever arm 5. The pawls are controlled by springs 523 extending therefrom to the segment 5H and tending to swing them into engagement with the teeth 552. The arrangement is such that at the beginning of the cycle of operations of the machine, when the cam slide 4|! is in its uppermost position, the spring do? connected to the roll-carrying lever 435, in addition to its other functions, serves to hold the arm 52! in such a position that the pin 5| 9 holds the pawls 513 out of engagement with the teeth H2. The heel rest is thus free to be moved into engagement with the shoe. When the cam slide 4|! is moved downwardly to apply the heel rest to the shoe and acts near the end of its downward movement to swing the bell-crank lever 4 l 5, M9 in a counterclockwise direction with referenoe to Fig. 5, as hereinbefore described, the pin 419 is moved away from the tails of the pawls 5l3 to permit the springs 52% to swing them into engagement with the teeth 5H2, so that they will thereafter hold the heel rest against further movement in a direction toward the toe end of the shoe for the purpose described. When the cam slide is moved upwardly near the end of the second stage of the cycle of operations the pawls are withdrawn from engagement with the teeth by the action of the spring 49'! to permit return movement of the heel rest.

The manner of operation of the mechanisms provided by the present invention having been fully explained in connection with the description of the mechanisms, no further description of the operation of the machine is necessary for an understanding of the invention.

It is to be understood that with respect to the means herein disclosed for operating each of the side grippers, including the lever it hav ing the shiftable fulcrum and the connections between that lever and the gripper, the invention in some of its novel aspects is not limited as to the number of grippers thus operated or as to the location of any such gripper in relation to the shoe.

Having described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, a member mounted for movements in different directions by the operator While the upper is thus held under tension by the grippers, and mechanism for altering simultaneously in the same sense the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to movement of said member in one direction and for increasing the force of the pull of one of said grippers and simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response to movement of said member in a difierent direction.

2. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, a member mounted for move ments in different directions by the operator while the upper is thus held under tension by the grippers, and mechanism for increasing or decreasing simultaneously the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to selected movements of said member and for increasing the force of the pull of either of said grippers and simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response to other movements of said member.

3. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, two levers mounted for movement as a unit by the operator while the upper is thus held under tension by the grippers, one of said levers being arranged to operate the other and being further movable relatively to the other, and mechanism for altering simultaneously in the same sense the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to movement of both said levers as a unit and for increasing the force of the pull of one of said grippers and simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response to movement of said one lever only.

4. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, two levers mounted for movements as a unit by the operator while the upper is thus held under tension by the grippers, one of said levers being arranged to operate the other and being further movable relatively to the other, and mechanism for increasing or decreasing simultaneously the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to selected movements of both levers as a unit and for increasing the force of the pull of either of said grippers and simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response to movements of said one lever only.

In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, a lever mounted for winging movement, another lever mounted on. said firstnamed lever to swing therewith or relatively thereto, said levers being both movable as a unit by force applied by the operator to said other lever while the upper is held under tension by the grippers, and mechanism for altering simultaneously in the same sense the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to movement of both said levers as a unit and for increasing the force of the pull of one of said grippers and simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response tomovement 0;" said other lever only.

6. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last and for then holding it under tension, a lever mounted for swinging movements about an axis, another lever pivotally mounted on said fiistmamed lever to swing about axis at right angles to said first axis, said levers being both movable as a unit by force applied by the operator to said other lever while the upper is held under tension by the grippers, and mechanism for increasing or decreasing simultaneously the pulling forces of both said grippers on the upper in response to movements of both said levers as a unit about said firstnamed axis for increasing the force of the pull of either of said grippers simultaneously decreasing the force of the pull of the other gripper in response to movements of said other lever about its axis on the first-named lever.

7. In a machine for shaping uppers over lasts, grippers for pulling an upper respectively at the opposite sides of a last in a cycle of power operations of the machine and for then holding it 

